23. The holy patriarch Israel fled from his
country, was exiled from his father, relatives, and home, Gen. xxviii. 5. he mourned over the shame of his
daughter Gen. xxxiv. 2. and the death of
his son, he endured famine, when dead he lost his own grave, for he
entreated that his bones should be translated, Gen. xlix. 29. lest even in death he should find
rest.